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My name is private first class Dominic

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Michael Paso . I'm a 19 Delta cavalry

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scout with 23 infantry division . My

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company is HHC I joined the army

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because my parents were in , they

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influenced me heavily to join the

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military . I've been around in my

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entire life . I just figured it was the

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right path for me . Take into account

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every single path that you can take

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like through the army outside of the

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army , how it's going to affect your

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life thereafter . Make sure you pick

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what's right for you . The

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opportunities that the army has given

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me has given me a chance to be better

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with people . I can , I can actually

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confidently be around people and just

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feel like I fit in with a group . It's

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a little , it used to be a lot , a lot

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more difficult to be able to just jump

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into a conversation about things that I

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knew about . But throughout ,

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throughout the training that I've been

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through and the , and the time that

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I've been with the people soon gotten a

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lot more comfortable , seize every

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opportunity that comes across your path .

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Anything that you can take your hands

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and put it , like , grab it , grasp it ,

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take it , go , do it .